[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.2 # Skandapurana 7.2 Skandapurāṇa 7.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p1) pūrvavartī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 1 - 10) āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ (adhyāyāḥ 21 - 30) > Previous page (chapters 1–10) | Next page (chapters 21–30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p2) adhyāyāḥ 11 - 20 > Chapters 11–20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p3) 41 > 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p4) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p5) kadācit svagṛhaṃ1 prāptaṃ kaśyapaṃ dvipadāmvaram2 . apṛcchaddhimavān praśnaṃ loke khyātikaraṃ nu3 kim . . 1 . . kenākṣayāśca lokāḥ syuḥ khyātiśca paramā mune4 . tathaiva5 cārcanīyatvaṃ satsu tat6 kathayasva me . . 2 . . > Once Himavān asked a question of Kaśyapa, the best of two-footed beings, who had arrived at his house: / "What, pray, brings renown in the world? / By what, O sage, do worlds become imperishable and renown supreme, / and likewise venerability among the good? Tell me that!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p6) kaśyapa uvāca > Kaśyapa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p7) apatyena mahābhāga7 sarvametadavāpyate . mama khyātirapatyena brahmaṇaścarṣibhiḥ saha . . 3 . . kinna paśyasi śailendra yato māṃ paripṛcchasi . varttayiṣyāmi8 taccāpi yanme dṛṣṭaṃ purācala9 . .4 . . > "All this is obtained through offspring, O fortunate one! / My renown is through offspring, and so is Brahmā's together with the seers. / Do you not see it, O king of mountains, that you question me? / I shall also relate what was seen by me long ago, O mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p8) vārāṇasīmahaṃ gacchannapaśyaṃ saṃsthitaṃ divi . vimānaṃ svanavaddivyamanaupamyamaninditam . . 5 . . tasyādhastādārttanādaṃ garbhasthāne10 śṛṇomyaham . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . > Going to Vārāṇasī, I saw standing in the sky / an aerial chariot, resounding, divine, matchless, and unblemished. / Beneath it, I heard a cry of distress in a pit: / \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p9) tānahaṃ 11 tapasā jñātvā tatraivāntarhitaḥ sthitaḥ12 . . 6 . . athāgāttatra śailendra13 vipro niyamavān śuciḥ . tīrthābhiṣekapūtātmā pare tapasi saṃsthita. . .7 . . > Having known them by austerity, I stood right there, concealed. / Then, O king of mountains, a brahmin arrived there, restrained in vows, pure, / his soul purified by bathing in sacred fords, devoted to supreme austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p10) atha sa vrajamānastu vyāghreṇābhīṣito dvijaḥ . viveśa taṃ tadā deśaṃ sā gartā14 yatra bhūdhara . .8 . . garttāyā 15 vīraṇastambe lambamānāṃstadā munīn . apaśyadārto 16 duḥkhārttānapṛcchattāṃśca sa dvijaḥ17 . . 9 . . > Then, as he was walking, the twice-born, terrified by a tiger, / entered that place where that pit was, O mountain. / In the pit, he then saw sages hanging from a clump of vīraṇa grass; / afflicted, he saw them afflicted with sorrow, and that twice-born questioned them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.p11) ke yūyaṃ vīraṇastambe lambamānā hyadhomukhāḥ . duḥkhitāḥ kena mokṣaśca yuṣmākaṃ bhavitānaghāḥ 18 . . 8.11.10 . . > 'Who are you, hanging head downwards from a clump of vīraṇa grass, / distressed? By what will your release come to pass, O sinless ones?'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5) 1 icchayā - gha. . 2 munipuṃgavam - gha . 3 tu - gha . 4... tmane - gha. . 5 > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_12) sarvathaivā - gha. . 6 sasutaṃ - kha, gha., satsutaṃ ( tat) - ka . 7 mahābāho - kha gha. . 8 cātraiva - gha . 9 tana - gha. . 10 gartta... - kha. gha. . - 11 tathāhaṃ - ka., tamahaṃ - gha . 12... tāsthitān - kha . 13 sainyeva - gha. . 14 sagarto - gha . 15 garttoyaṃ - gha. . .16. .. rttān - kha. . 17... jāḥ - kha . 18. gha - ka. ga. . > \[Apparatus readings\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_13) 42 > 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_14) pitara ūcuḥ > The ancestors said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_15) vayantekṛtapuṇyasya pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ . prapitāmahāśca kliśyāmastava19 duṣṭena karmaṇā ...11.. > "We are the fathers, along with grandfathers / and great-grandfathers, of you who have not performed merit, suffering because of your wicked deed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_16) narakoyaṃ mahābhāga garttārūpaṃ20 samāsthitaḥ . tvañcāpi vīraṇastambastvayi lambāmahe vayam ..12.. > This is a hell, O fortunate one, in the form of a pit; / and you are the clump of vīraṇa grass, and we hang upon you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_17) yāvattvaṃ jīvase vipra tāvadeva vayaṃ sthitāḥ . mṛte tvayi gamiṣyāmo narakaṃ pāpacetasaḥ ..13.. > "As long as you live, O brahmin, for that long only do we stay \[here\]. / When you die, we, sinners in mind, shall go to hell.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_18) yadi tvaṃ dārasaṃyogaṃ kṛtvāpatyaṃ guṇottaram . utpādayasi tenāsmānmucyema vayamekaśaḥ21 ..14.. > If you take a wife and produce an offspring / endowed with superior virtues, we might be freed from this, one by one.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_19) nānyena tapasā putra na tīrthānāṃ phalena ca . tat kuruṣva mahābuddhe tārayasva pitṝn bhayāt ..15.. > Not by any other austerity, my son, nor by the fruit of sacred fords \[can we be freed\]. / Therefore do this, O wise one; deliver your ancestors from fear."15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_20) sa tatheti pratijñāya ārādhya ca vṛṣadhvajam . pitṝn garttātsamuddhṛtya gaṇapān pracakāra ha ..16.. > Having agreed with "So be it," and having worshipped the Bull-bannered \[Śiva\], / he raised his ancestors from the pit and made them leaders of the gaṇas.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_21) svayañca24 rudradayitaḥ sukeśo nāma nāmataḥ . saṃmato balavāṃścaiva rudrasya23 ca gaṇapobhavat ..17.. > And he himself, dear to Rudra, named Sukeśa by name, / honoured and mighty, became a leader of Rudra's gaṇas.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_22) tasmāt kṛtvā tapo ghoramapatyaṃ guṇavad bhṛśam24 . utpādayasva śailendra tataḥ kīrtimavāpsyasi ..18.. > "Therefore, performing fierce austerity, produce an offspring / exceptionally endowed with virtues, O king of mountains; then you will obtain renown."18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_23) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_24) sa evamukta25 ṛṣiṇā śailendro niyame sthitaḥ . tapaścakāra vipulaṃ yena brahmā tutoṣa ha ..19.. > Thus addressed by the seer, the king of mountains, steadfast in his vow, / performed vast austerity by which Brahmā was pleased.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_25) tamāgatya26 tato27 brahmā varadosmītyamāṣata . brūhi tuṣṭosmi te śaila28 tapasānena suvrata ..8.11.20.. > Then Brahmā came to him and spoke, saying, "I am the granter of boons. / Speak; I am pleased with you, O mountain, by this austerity, O one of noble vows."20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_26) 19 ta... - kha. . 20 garttārūpā - kha. gartarūpo gha. . 21.. -maṃhasaḥ - gha. . 22 ayañca... - gha. . 23 varasya - gha. . 2.. .ttaram - gha. . 25 evamukto hi - gha.,.. .kto - ka. kha. gha.,.. kte - ga. . 26 tato gatvā - gha. . 27 tada - kaḥ. gha. . 28 śailendra - gha. . > \[Apparatus readings: 19–28\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_27) 43 > 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_28) himavānuvāca > Himavat said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_29) bhagavan putramicchāmi guṇaiḥ sarvairalaṃkṛtam . etadvaraṃ29 prayacchasva yadi tuṣṭosi naḥ prabho ..21.. > "O Lord, I desire a son adorned with all virtues. / Grant this boon if you are pleased with us, O Lord."21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_30) brahmo30vāca > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_31) kanyā bhavitrī31 śailendra sutā te varavarṇinī . yasyāḥ prabhāvāt sarvatra kīrttimāpsyasi puṣkalām ..22 . . arcitaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tīrthakoṭīsamāvṛtaḥ32 . pāvanaścaiva puṇyaśca33 devānāmapi sarvataḥ . > "A maiden shall be your daughter, O king of mountains, a fair-complexioned one, / through whose power you will obtain abundant renown everywhere;22 / worshipped by all the gods, surrounded by crores of sacred fords, / purifying and holy, everywhere even for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_32) jyeṣṭhā ca sā34 bhavitrī35 te anye cānu tataḥ36 śubhe37 ..23 .. > And she shall be your eldest \[daughter\], and after her two other auspicious ones."23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_33) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_34) evamuktvā tato brahmā tatraivāntaradhīyata . sopi kālena śailendro menāyāmudapādayat38 ..24.. > Having spoken thus, Brahmā vanished right there. / And in course of time, that king of mountains begot upon Menā24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_35) aparṇāmekaparṇāṃ ca tathā cāpyekapāṭalām . nyagrodhamekaparṇā tu pāṭalaṃ39 caikapāṭalā ..25.. > Aparṇā, Ekaparṇā, and also Ekapāṭalā. / Ekaparṇā took recourse to a banyan tree, and Ekapāṭalā to a trumpet-flower tree.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_36) āśrite dve hyaparṇā tu aniketā tapocarat . śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ ..26.. > The two took shelter \[there\], but Aparṇā, homeless, performed austerity / difficult to be performed by gods and demons, for a hundred thousand years.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_37) āhāramekaparṇena saikaparṇā samācarat . pāṭalena tathaikena vyadadhāccaikapāṭalā40 ..27.. > That Ekaparṇā lived on a diet of a single leaf; / and Ekapāṭalā sustained herself on a single trumpet-flower.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_38) pūrṇe pūrṇe sahasre tu āhāraṃ te ca cakratuḥ41 . aparṇā42 tu nirāhārā43 tāṃ mātā44 pratyabhāṣata ..28.. > Every full thousand \[years\], the two took food; / but Aparṇā was without food. Her mother spoke to her,28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.5\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.5_39) niṣedhayantītyumeti mātṛsnehena duḥkhitā . sā tathoktā tadā mātrā devī duścaracāriṇī . tenaiva nāmnā lokeṣu vikhyātā surapūjitā . .29.. > Forbidding her, saying: "O mā" (Oh, do not!), afflicted by motherly affection. / Addressed thus by her mother at that time, the goddess, practising severe \[austerities\], / became celebrated in the worlds and worshipped by the gods by that very name \[Umā\].29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40) 29 evaṃ varaṃ - ka. ga. gha. . 20 pitāmaha - ka. . 31.. tā - gha. . 32 samanvitaḥ - gha. . 33 pūta ... - gha. . 34 sā ca - gha . 35 savitrī - ka . 36 gate - gha. . 37 śubhā - ka., sute - gha. . 38 mupa... ka. kha. . 39... lāṃ caiva - gha. . 40 > \[Apparatus readings: 29–40\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_40) vidadhātyeka... ka. kha. gha. . 41.. .raśca tayā kṛtaḥ - gha. . 42.. .rṇā - gha. . 43.. .rāṃ - ka. . 44 mātā tāṃ - ka. . > \[Apparatus readings: 41–44\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_41) 44 > 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_42) etat tattri45 kumārīkaṃ46 jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam . etāsāṃ tapasā lokān47 yāvad bhūmirdhariṣyati . .8.11.3 0 .. > This world of moving and unmoving beings is guarded by the three maidens. / By the austerity of these \[maidens\], as long as the earth endures, \[she\] will sustain the worlds.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_43) tapaḥśarīrāstāḥ sarvāstisro yogabalānvitāḥ . sarvāścaiva mahāyogāḥ48 sarvāśca49 sthirayauvanāḥ50 ..3 1 .. > All three had bodies made of austerity, endowed with the power of yoga; / and all were great yoginīs, all of constant youth.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_44) lokānāṃ mātara51 ścaiva brahmacāriṇya eva ca . anugṛhṇanti lokāṃśca tapasā svena sarvadā ..3 2 .. > They are the mothers of the worlds and celibates as well; / and they constantly bless the worlds with their own austerity.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_45) umā tāsāṃ variṣṭhā ca śreṣṭhā52 ca varavarṇinī . mahāyogabanopetā mahādevamupasthitā ..3 3 . . dattakaścośanāstasyāḥ53 putraḥ sa bhṛgunandanaḥ . asitasyai54 kavarṇā tu devalaṃ suṣuve sutam . .34.. > Among them, Umā is the most excellent and the eldest, fair-complexioned, / possessed of the power of great yoga, who attended upon Mahādeva. / And Uśanas, that son of Bhṛgu, became her adopted son. / Ekaparṇā, however, gave birth to a son, Devala, \[begotten\] by Asita.33-34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_46) yā tu tāsāṃ kumārīṇāṃ tṛtīyā hyekapāṭalā . putraṃ śataśalākasya jaigīṣavyamupasthitā .. 35 .. > The third of those maidens, Ekapāṭalā, / approached Jaigīṣavya, the son of Śataśalāka.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_47) tasyāpi śaṃkhalikhitau smṛtau putrāvayonijau . umā tu yā55 mayā tubhyaṃ kīrtitā varavarṇinī ..3 6.. > His sons Śaṅkha and Likhita are known to have not been born of a womb. / But that fair-complexioned Umā whom I mentioned to you—36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_48) atha tasyāstapo56 yogāt trailokyamakhilaṃ tadā . pradhūpitaṃ samālakṣya brahmā vacanamabravīt .. 37. . brahmovāca > Then, perceiving the entire triple world scorched / by the power of her austerity, Brahmā spoke \[these\] words:37 / Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.40\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.40_49) devi kiṃ tapasā lokān tāpayiṣyasi śobhane . tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ viśvaṃ mā kṛtvaitad57 vināśaya ..38 .. > "O goddess, why will you scorch the worlds with your austerity, O fair one? / This universe was created by you; having made it, do not destroy it.38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49) tvaṃ hi dhārayase lokānimān sarvān svatejasā . brūhi kinte jaganmātaḥ prārthitaṃ saṃprasīda naḥ58 . .3 9. . 45 tvadri - gha. . 46 ṇā - kha. . 47 dugdha - ka . 48.. bhāgā - kha. . 49 > For you sustain all these worlds with your own splendour. / Speak, O mother of the world, what is sought by you? Be gracious to us."39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_50) stathā ca - ka. . 50 tapodhanāḥ - kha. . 51.. ta. loka - ka. . 52 jyeṣṭhā - gha. . 53 dattaścāśanasā tasyāḥ. - ka gha., tasya - kha. . 54... ñcaika... - ka. gha,.. ñcaika (?) . 55 mā... - ka, 56 stāpa - gha. . 57 kṛtvā ta ka, kṛtāntavi.. - kha., hṛtā tva.. - gha . 58 hra - ka; . > \[Apparatus readings: 45–58\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_51) 45 > 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_52) devyuvāca59 > The goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_53) yadarthantapaso hyasya caraṇaṃ me pitāmaha . jānīṣe tattvatastanme tataḥ pṛcchasi kiṃ punaḥ ..8.11.40 .. > "The purpose for which this practice of austerity is undertaken by me, O grandfather, / you know truly; why then do you ask me again?"40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_54) brahmovāca61 > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_55) yadartha devi tapasā śrāmyase lokabhāvani62 . sa tvāṃ63 svayaṃ samāgamya64 ihaiva varayiṣyati . .41 .. > "The purpose for which, O goddess, you wear yourself out with austerity, O creator of worlds, / he himself, having come, will choose you as bride right here.41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_56) sarvadevapatiḥ65 śreṣṭhaḥ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ . vayaṃ sadevā yasyeśe vaśyāḥ kiṅkaravādinaḥ66 ..42.. > The lord of all gods, the highest, the ruler of rulers of all worlds, / under whose control we, along with the gods, speak as servants, O ruler.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_57) sadevadevaḥ parameśvare67śvaraḥ svayaṃ68 tavāyāsyati69 lokapontikam . udārarūpo vikṛto70 bhirūpavān71 samānarūpo hi narasya72 kasyacit73 ..43 .. > That God of gods, ruler of the supreme lords, protector of the worlds, will himself come to you: / noble in form, deformed, handsome, resembling any ordinary man;43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_58) maheśvaraḥ parvatalokavāsī carācareśaḥ prathamo74 prameyaḥ . vinendunāpīndu74 samānavaktro vibhīṣaṇaṃ rūpamihāsthitogryam76 ..44.. > Maheśvara, dwelling in the mountain-world, the lord of moving and unmoving beings, the first, immeasurable; / with a face like the moon even without the moon, assuming a dreadful, fierce form here."44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_59) iti skandapurāṇe devyā varapradānaṃ77 nāma ekādaśodhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, named "The Granting of the Boon to the Goddess," in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.49\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.49_60) tataḥ sa bhagavāndevo brahmā tāmāha susvaram . devi yenaiva sṛṣṭāsi na vinā yastvayā śubhe1 ..1 . . sa bhartā tava deveśo2 bhavitā mā tapaḥ kṛthā3. tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā brahmā vyāsa gireḥ sutām ..2.. > Then that blessed god Brahmā said to her in a gentle voice: > “O goddess, by whom indeed you were created, and who is not without you, O auspicious lady, > he, the lord of gods, shall be your husband; do not perform tapas.” > Then, having circumambulated the daughter of the mountain, O Vyāsa, Brahmā > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63) 59 umovāca - gha . 60 tattbametanme - kha . 61 pitāmaha u0 - gha. . . 62 bhāvini - ka., bhāvinī gha. . 63 > \[...\] Umā said: \[...\] this truth to me \[...\] Grandfather said \[...\] O noble lady \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_61) tvā - kha. . 64.. tya - kha . 65... ti - ka. . 66 vā (mā , ninaḥ- kha, vāṇi va.- gha. . 67.. raḥ svayaṃ - kha . 68 haro - gha . 61 tavaiyaṃ mā.. - kha. . 70 tā - ka . 71 tirūpaḥ... - ka, mirūpaḥ - gha . 72 nahi yasya - ka.,. ṇi. - gha . 73 kaścit - ? . 74... mā - ka. . 75 hī... - ka., tī. - dha . 76.. graṃ - ka.,... grata sthita - kha . 77 umātapasi brahāvacano - gha. . > \[...\] Hara himself \[...\] whose form \[...\] facing in front \[...\] Brahmā's words in Umā's tapas \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_62) 1 manasā yastvayā vrata- - kha . 2 .śi - kha. . 3 stathā - kha . 46 > \[...\] which you mentally \[...\] vow \[...\] likewise \[...\] 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_63) jagāmādarśanaṃ tasyāḥ sā cāpi virarāma ha . sā devī yuktamityevamuktvā svasyāśramasya ha ..3.. > vanished from her sight, and she too desisted. > That goddess, saying “It is proper,” indeed went to her own hermitage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_64) dvāri jātamaśokaṃ vai samupāśritya saṃsthitā . athāgāccandratilakastridaśārtiharo haraḥ ..4.. > and stood leaning on an aśoka tree that grew by the door. > Then Hara, who has the moon as his forehead-mark and removes the affliction of the thirty \[gods\], arrived > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_65) vikṛtaṃ rūpamāsthāya hrasvo bāhuka eva ca . vibhugnanāsiko bhūtvā kubjaḥ keśāntapiṅgalaḥ ..5.. > assuming a deformed body, short and with \[stunted\] arms, > with a crooked nose, hunchbacked, and with reddish-brown hair-tips. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_66) uvāca vikṛtāsyaśca devi tvāṃ4 varayāmyaham . athomā yogasaṃsiddhā5 jñātvā śaṅkaramāgatam ..6.. > With a deformed face, he said: “O goddess, I choose you \[as bride\].” > Then Umā, perfected in yoga, realizing that Śaṅkara had arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_67) antarbhāvaviśuddhātmā kriyānuṣṭhānalipsayā . tamuvācārghapādyābhyāṃ6 madhuparkeṇa caiva hi . saṃpūjya sumanonetrā7 brāhmaṇaṃ brāhmaṇapriyā ..7.. > with her inner heart completely pure, desiring to perform the ritual duties, > said to him after honoring the brahmin with water for the feet, argha offering, and madhuparka—she of beautiful eyes, dear to brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_68) devyuvāca > The goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_69) bhagavanna svatantrāsmi pitā mestyaraṇo tathā . tau prabhū mama dāne vai kanyāhaṃ dvijapuṅgava ..8.. > “O lord, I am not independent; my father and mother are \[my authorities\]. > They are the masters regarding my giving away; I am a maiden, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_70) gatvā yācasva pitaraṃ mama śailendramavyayam . sa ceddadāti māṃ vipra tubhyaṃ tadrucitaṃ mama ..9. > Go and ask my father, the imperishable king of mountains. > If he gives me to you, O vipra, that is pleasing to me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_71) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_72) tataḥ sa bhagavān devastathaiva vikṛtaḥ prabhuḥ . uvāca śailarājaṃ tamumā8 me yaccha śailapa9 ..8.12.1 0 .. > Then that blessed god, the lord, deformed just in that way, > said to that king of mountains: “O protector of the mountain, give me Umā.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_73) sa taṃ vikṛtarūpeṇa jñātvā rudramathāvyayam . bhītaḥ śāpācca vimanā idaṃ vacanabravīt ..11 .. > Recognizing him in deformed form to be the imperishable Rudra, > and afraid of a curse, dejected in mind, he spoke this word: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_74) bhagavannāvamanyāmi brāhmaṇān bhūmi10 daivatān11 . manīṣitaṃ tu yat pūrvaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahātapaḥ12 ..12.. > “O lord, I do not disregard brahmins, the deities on earth. > Yet hear what was previously resolved, O you of great tapas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_75) 4 tvā - kha. . 5... ddhyā - ka. . 6... rdhyamānāyya - kha. . 7 sumanā natvā - gha. . 8 ntāmumāṃ - ka. ṭi. . 9 > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_76) .. rāṭ - kha. . 10 > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_77) bhuvi - gha. . 11 devatān - ka. - tāṃ - kha. . 12... pa - kha. . > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_78) 47 > 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_79) svayaṃvaro me duhiturbhavitā vipra pūjitaḥ . varayedyaṃ svayaṃ tatra sa bharttāsyā bhavediti ..13.. > ‘A svayaṃvara, honored \[by all\], shall be held for my daughter, O vipra; > whomsoever she chooses there herself, he shall be her husband.’ ” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_80) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_81) tacchrutvā śailavacanaṃ bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ . devyāḥ samīpamāgatya idamāha mahāmanāḥ ..14.. > Hearing the words of the mountain, the blessed one whose emblem is the bull, > having approached the goddess, the high-minded one said this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_82) devi pitrā tavājñaptaḥ13 svayaṃvara iti śrutam . tatra tvaṃ varayitrī yaṃ sa te bharttā kilānaghe ..15.. > “O goddess, I have heard that a svayaṃvara has been ordered by your father. > Whomsoever you choose there, he shall indeed be your husband, O sinless lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_83) tadāpṛcche gamiṣyāmi durllabhā tvaṃ varānane . rūpavantaṃ samutsṛjya vṛṇāthā mādṛśaṃ14 katham ..16.. > Therefore, taking my leave, I shall go; you are difficult to attain, O fair-faced one. > Discarding a handsome man, how would you choose one like me?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_84) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_85) tenoktā sā tadā tatra bhāvato yattadīritam15 . bhāvañca rudranihitaṃ prasādaṃ16 manasastathā ..17.. > Addressed by him then in that place, she, understanding what he meant with sincerity, > and seeing his affection fixed on Rudra as well as the grace of his mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_86) saṃprāpyovāca deveśaṃ mā tebhūd buddhiranyathā . ahaṃ tvāṃ varayiṣyāmi nānyadbhūtaṃ kathañcana ..18.. > attained it and said to the lord of gods: “Let your mind not think otherwise. > I shall choose you; there is no other being whatsoever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_87) athavā testi sandeho mayi vipra kathañcana . ihaiva tvāṃ mahābhāga varayāmi manorathe17 ..19.. > Or if you have any doubt concerning me, O vipra, > here itself, O highly fortunate one, I choose you in accordance with my desire.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_88) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_89) gṛhītvā stabakaṃ sā tu hastābhyāṃ tatra saṃsthitam18 . skandhe śambhoḥ samādhāya19 devī prāha vṛtosi me ..8.12.20 .. > Taking with both hands a cluster \[of blossoms\] that was there, > and placing it on the shoulder of Śambhu, the goddess said: “You are chosen by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_90) tataḥ sa bhagavān devastathā devyā20 vṛtastadā21 . uvāca tamaśokaṃ22 vai vācā saṃjīvayanniva23 ..21 .. > Then that blessed god, having thus been chosen by the goddess then, > spoke indeed to that aśoka tree, as if reviving it with his voice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_91) 13 samā .. - gha. . 14.. .ṣe - kha. . 15 bhava pantyā udīritam - gha. . 16... dān - gha . 17... tha 18... tā- ka 19.. .dāya - ka. gha. . 20 vo devyā tatra- gha . 21 nta... - gha. . 22 tā - gha. . 23 > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_92) saṃcāra... gha. . 48 > \[...\] 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_93) yasmāttava supuṣpeṇa stabakena vṛto hyaham . tasmāttvaṃ jarayā tyaktaḥ24 amaraḥ saṃbhaviṣyasi ..22.. > “Because I have been chosen by a bunch of your beautiful flowers, > therefore you shall be freed from old age and become immortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_94) kāmarūpaḥ kāmapuṣpaḥ kāmago dayito mama . sarvābharaṇapuṣpāḍhyaḥ sarvavṛkṣaphalopagaḥ ..23.. > Assuming forms at will, blossoming at will, moving at will, dear to me, > filled with flowers \[adorned like\] all ornaments, bearing the fruits of all trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_95) sarvānnabhakṣadaścaiva amṛtasrava eva ca . sarvagandhaśca devyāstvaṃ bhaviṣyasi dṛḍhaṃ priyaḥ ..24.. > bestowing all kinds of food, flowing with nectar, > and possessing all fragrances, you shall be exceedingly dear to the goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_96) nirbhayaḥ sarvalokeṣu25 cariṣyasi sunirvṛtaḥ . āśramaṃ caina26matyarthaṃ27 citrakūṭeti viśrutam ..25 .. > Without fear among all worlds you shall wander, well contented. > And this hermitage, famed as Citrakūṭa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_97) yobhiyāsyati puṇyārthī sośvamedhamavāpsyati . yatra tatra mṛtaścāpi brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati ..26.. > whoever approaches seeking merit, shall obtain \[the fruit of\] an Aśvamedha; > and dying anywhere \[here\], he shall go to the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_98) yaścātra niyamairyuktaḥ prāṇān samyak parityajet . sa devyāstapasā yukto mahāgaṇapatirbhavet ..27.. > And whoever, observing restrictions here, properly casts off his life-breaths, > endowed with the tapas of the goddess, shall become a great leader of the Gaṇas.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_99) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_100) evamuktvā tato28 deva āpṛcchya himavatsutām . antardadhe jagatsraṣṭā sarvabhūtapa īśvaraḥ29 ..22.. > Having spoken thus, the god, the creator of the universe, the lord and master of all beings, > took leave of the daughter of the Himavat and vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_101) sāpi devī gate tasmin bhagavatyamitātmani . tata evonmukhī sthitvā śilāyāṃ saṃviveśa ha ..29.. > And that goddess, when that blessed one of boundless soul had gone, > sat down upon a rock, gazing upward in that very direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_102) unmukhī sā gate tasminmaheṣvāse prajāpatau . niśeva candrarahitā babhūva30 vimanāstadā31 ..8.12.30.. > Gazing upward when that great archer, the lord of creatures, had departed, > she then became sorrowful, like a night deprived of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_103) atha śuśrāva sā śabdaṃ bālasyārttasya śailajā . sarasyudakasaṃpūrṇe samīpe svāḥ32śramasya ha ..31.. > Then the mountain-born goddess heard the cry of a distressed child > in a lake filled with water near her own hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_104) sa kṛtvā bālarūpaṃ tu devadevaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ . krīḍāhetoḥ saromadhye grāhagrastobhavattadā ..32. . 24 mukto- gha. . 25 bhūteṣu -gha. . 26 caiva-ka, cama-gha. . 27 mā.. - gha. . 28 tadā-- gha. 29... tīśvaraḥ gha. . 30 sā babhau - ka. gha. . 31. taḥ -ka . 32 > Assuming the form of a child for the purpose of sport, the god of gods, Śiva himself, > was then seized by a crocodile in the midst of the lake. / \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_105) cā- ka . 49 > \[...\] 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_106) yogamāyāmathāsthātha prapañcodbhavakāraṇaḥ . tadrūpaṃ saraso madhye kṛtvedaṃ33 samabhāṣata ..3 3 .. > Then, having assumed his yogamāyā, he who is the cause of the cosmos's manifestation, / having taken that form in the middle of the lake, cried out: // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_107) trātu māṃ kaścidetyeha grāheṇa hṛtacetasam . dhikkaṣṭaṃ bāla evāhamaprāptotha manoratham34 .. 34. . yāsyāmi nidhanaṃ vaktre grāhasyāsya durātmanaḥ . śocāmi na svakaṃ dehaṃ grāhagrastopi duḥkhitaḥ ..35.. > "Let someone come here and rescue me, whose wits are lost to a crocodile! / Alas, what sorrow! I am only a child, my desires unfulfilled; // 34 // / I shall meet destruction in the maw of this wicked crocodile. / Seized by the crocodile, though suffering, I do not grieve for my own body // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_108) yathā śocāmi pitaraṃ mātarañca tapasvinīm35 . māṃ śrutvā grāhavadane prāptaṃ nidhanamutsukau ..3 6. . priyaputrāvekaputrau prāṇānnūnaṃ vihāsyataḥ . > as I grieve for my father and my ascetic mother. / Hearing that I have met destruction in the crocodile's jaws, anxious, // 36 // / loving their son, their only son, they will surely abandon their lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_109) aho bata mahat kaṣṭaṃ yohaṃ bālokṛtavrataḥ > Alas, what great sorrow that I, a boy who has not performed his vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_110) ataptvā tapa evāyaṃ yāsyāmi nidhanaṃ hataḥ . .37. . sanatkumāra uvāca > without having performed austerity itself, slain, shall meet destruction!" // 37 // / Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_111) śrutvā tu devī tannādaṃ viprasyārttasya śobhanā . utthāya pradrutā tatra yatra tiṣṭhatyasau dvijaḥ . .38 . . sāpaśyadinduvadanā bālakañcārurūpiṇam . grāheṇa grasyamānaṃ taṃ vepamānamavasthitam ..3 9.. > Hearing that cry of the distressed brahmin, the lovely Goddess / arose and ran to where that twice-born stood. // 38 // / The moon-faced \[Goddess\] saw the child of charming form / being devoured by the crocodile, standing trembling. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_112) sopi grāhavaraḥ śrīmān dṛṣṭvā devīmupāgatām . taṃ gṛhītvā drutaṃ yāto37 madhyaṃ sarasa eva hi38..8.12.40 .. > That splendid, noble crocodile, seeing the Goddess approach, / seized him and went swiftly into the very middle of the lake. // 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_113) sa kṛṣyamāṇastejasvī nādamārttantadā39karot . athāha devī duḥkhārttā bālaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāvratā ..41.. > Being dragged along, the radiant boy then made a cry of distress. / Then the Goddess, afflicted with grief upon seeing the boy, she of great vows, said: // 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_114) grāharāja mahāsatva40 bālakaṃ hyekaputrakam . visṛjainaṃ mahādaṃṣṭra kṣipraṃ bhīmaparākrama .42. > "O king of crocodiles, creature of great might, this boy is an only son! / Release him quickly, O great-fanged one of terrible valor!" // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_115) grāha uvāca > The crocodile said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_116) yo devi divase ṣaṣṭhe prathame samupaiti mām . sa āhāro mama purā vihito lokakartṛbhiḥ ..43 .. > "Whoever, O Goddess, on the sixth or the first day comes to me, / he was ordained of old as my food by the creators of the world. // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_117) 33 kṛtvaiva (vaṃ) - gha. . 34 > 33 kṛtvaiva(vaṃ) - gha. . 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_118) maprāptātma.. - gha, maprāpyātha? . 35... no - ka. . 36 śca jvālī. - gha. . 37 sroto - ka. . 38 ha - pha. . 39 ptathā? - gha. . 80... tmañca? - ka . > maprāptātma.. - gha, maprāpyātha? . 35... no - ka. . 36 śca jvālī. - gha. . 37 sroto - ka. . 38 ha - pha. . 39 ptathā? - gha. . 80... tmañca? - ka . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_119) 50 > 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_120) soyaṃ mama mahābhāge ṣaṣṭhehani girīndraje . brahmaṇā prahito41 nūnaṃ nainaṃ mokṣye42 kathañcana ..44. . devyuvāca > This one, O fortunate one, daughter of the mountain king, on the sixth day / was surely sent by Brahmā; I will not release him by any means." // 44 // / The Goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_121) yanmayā himavacchṛṅge caritaṃ tapa uttamam . tena bāla43 mimaṃ muñca grāharāja namostu te ..45.. > "By whatever supreme austerity was practiced by me on the peak of the Himālaya, / by that, release this child, O king of crocodiles! Homage to you!" // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_122) grāha uvāca > The crocodile said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_123) mā vyayaṃ tapaso devi kārṣīḥ śailendranandane44 . nainaṃ mocayituṃ śakto devarājopi yaḥ45 svayam ..46.. > "Do not waste your austerity, O Goddess, daughter of the mountain king! / Even the king of gods himself is not able to release him. // 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_124) mahyamīśena tuṣṭena śarveṇogreṇa śūlinā . amaratvamavadhyatvamakṣayaṃ balameva ca ..47.. > To me, pleased Īśa, Śarva, the fierce trident-bearer, / gave immortality, invulnerability, and imperishable strength, // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_125) svayaṃ grahaṇamokṣaśca jñānañcaivāvyayaṃ punaḥ . dattaṃ tato bravīmi tvāṃ46 nāyaṃ mokṣamavāpsyati ..48.. > as well as seizing and releasing by my own will, and imperishable knowledge besides. / Therefore I tell you: he will not attain release. // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_126) athavā te kṛpā devi bhṛśaṃ bāle śubhānane47 . bravīmi yat kuru tathā tato mokṣamavāpsyati ..49 > Or if, O fair-faced Goddess, you have great pity for the child, / do as I say; then he will obtain release." // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_127) devyuvāca > The Goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_128) grāhādhipa vadasvāśu48 yat satāmavigarhitam . tat kṛtaṃ nātra sandeho mānyā me brāhmaṇā49 dṛḍham ..8.12.50 .. > "O lord of crocodiles, speak quickly! Whatever is not blameworthy to the virtuous, / that is done, no doubt of this; brahmins are firmly revered by me." // 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_129) grāha uvāca > The crocodile said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_130) yat kṛtaṃ vai tapaḥ kiñcidbhavatyā svalpamantataḥ50 . tat sarvaṃ me prayacchasva tato mokṣamavāpsyati ..51 .. > "Whatever austerity has been performed by you, even the least amount, / give all of that to me; then he will obtain release." // 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_131) devyuvāca > The Goddess said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_132) janmaprabhṛti yat puṇyaṃ mahāgrāha kṛtaṃ mayā51 . tatte sarva mayā dattaṃ bālaṃ muñca mamāgrataḥ ..52.. > "Whatever merit has been performed by me from birth onward, O great crocodile, / all that has been given by me to you; release the child before me!" // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_133) 41 vihito - ka- gha. . 42 na mokṣyehaṃ - gha., . kṣe - ka. . 43 sattva - gha. . 44 cikīrṣīrvyarthameva hi - gha. . 45 sa - ka. . 46 > 41 vihito - ka- gha. . 42 na mokṣyehaṃ - gha., . kṣe - ka. . 43 sattva - gha. . 44 cikīrṣīrvyarthameva hi - gha. . 45 sa - ka. . 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.63\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.63_134) tvā - ka . 47 hatā... - gha . 48 > tvā - ka . 47 hatā... - gha . 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75) vadāmyā... - gha. . 49 mano me brāhmaṇe - gha. . .75 > vadāmyā... - gha. . 49 mano me brāhmaṇe - gha. . .75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_135) 0... lpamanantaśaḥ - gha. . 51 mayā kṛtam - gha. . 51 > 0... lpamanantaśaḥ - gha. . 51 mayā kṛtam - gha. . 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_136) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_137) prajajvāla tato grāhastapasā tena bṛṃhitaḥ . āditya iva madhyāhne durnirīkṣyastadābhavat ...53.. > Then the crocodile blazed, magnified by that austerity; / like the sun at midday, he then became difficult to look upon. // 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_138) uvāca cedaṃ hṛṣṭātmā devīṃ lokasya dhāriṇīm . devi kiṃ kṛtametatte aniścitya52 mahāvrate ..54.. > And joyful at heart, he spoke this to the Goddess, the supporter of the world: / "O Goddess of great vows, what is this you have done without deliberation? // 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_139) tapaso hyarjanaṃ duḥkhaṃ tasya tyāgo na śasyate . gṛhāṇa tapa etacca53 bālaṃ cemaṃ śucismite54 ..55.. > For the acquisition of austerity is difficult; its abandonment is not praised. / Take back this austerity, and this boy as well, O lady of pure smile! // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_140) tuṣṭosmi te viprabhaktyā varaṃ tasmāddadāmi te55 . sā tvevamuktā grāheṇa uvācedaṃ mahāvratā . .56.. > I am pleased by your devotion to brahmins; therefore I give you a boon." / But addressed thus by the crocodile, she of great vows said this: // 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_141) suvicintya56 mahāgrāha kṛtaṃ bālasya mokṣaṇam . na viprebhyastapaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhā me brāhmaṇā matāḥ ..57.. > "Having deliberated well, O great crocodile, the release of the boy was done. / No austerity is superior to brahmins; brahmins are held supreme by me. // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_142) dattvā cāhaṃ57 na gṛhṇāmi grāhendra viditaṃ hi te . na hi kaścinnaro grāha pradattaṃ punarāharet ..58.. > And having given, I do not take back, O lord of crocodiles, as is known to you; / for no person, O crocodile, takes back what has been bestowed. // 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_143) dattametanmayā tubhyaṃ nādadāmi58 hi tatpunaḥ . tvayyeva ramatāmetad59 bālaścāyaṃ vimucyatām ..59.. > This has been given by me to you; I certainly will not take it back. / Let this delight in you alone, and let this boy be released!" // 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_144) tathoktastāṃ praśasyātha60 muktvā61 bālaṃ namasya ca . devīmādityasadbhāsaṃ62 tatraivāntaradhīyata ..8.12.60 .. > Addressed thus, praising her, releasing the boy and bowing to the Goddess / who had the genuine radiance of the sun, he vanished right there. // 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_145) bālopi sarasastīre mukto grāheṇa vai tadā . svapnalabdha ivārtho yastatraivāntaradhīyata ..61. . tapasotha vyayaṃ matvā devī himagirīndrajā . bhūya eva tapaḥ kartumārebhe yatnamāsthitā ..62.. > The boy too, released by the crocodile upon the bank of the lake, / like wealth gained in a dream, vanished right there. // 61 // / Considering the loss of her austerity, the Goddess, daughter of the mountain king, / taking up exertion, began once more to perform austerity. // 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_146) kartukāmāṃ tapo bhūyo jñātvā tāṃ śaṃkaraḥ svayam . provāca vacanaṃ vyāsa63 mā kṛthāstapa ityuta64 ..63.. > Knowing her desirous of performing austerity again, Śaṃkara himself / spoke a word, O Vyāsa: "Do not perform austerity!" // 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_147) 52 anivāhya - gha.,.. .ntya - ka . 53 evainaṃ - gha. . 54.. .vṛte gha. . 55 viprabhaktyā varaṃ tasmād dadāmi suvrate tava - gha. . 56 suniścitya - . 57 haṃ nahi - gha. . 58... ni - ka., .. mīha - gha . 59 tvayaiva varamāhātmyaṃ - gha. . 60 prasanno - gha. . 61 tyaktvā - gha . 62... vajvālaṃ - gha . 63 bhūyo - gha. . > 52 anivāhya - gha.,.. .ntya - ka . 53 evainaṃ - gha. . 54.. .vṛte gha. . 55 viprabhaktyā varaṃ tasmād dadāmi suvrate tava - gha. . 56 suniścitya - . 57 haṃ nahi - gha. . 58... ni - ka., .. mīha - gha . 59 tvayaiva varamāhātmyaṃ - gha. . 60 prasanno - gha. . 61 tyaktvā - gha . 62... vajvālaṃ - gha . 63 bhūyo - gha. . > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_148) 64 ityume - gha. . 52 > 64 ityume - gha. . 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_149) mahyametattapo65 devi tvayā66 dattaṃ mahāvrate . tenaitadakṣayaṃ67 tubhyaṃ bhaviṣyati sahasradhā ..64.. > "This austerity, O Goddess of great vows, was given by you to me; / therefore, it will become thousandfold and imperishable for you." // 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_150) iti labdhvā varaṃ devī tapasokṣayyamuttamam . svayaṃvaramudīkṣantī tasthau prītiyutā satī68 ..65.. > Having thus obtained the supreme boon of imperishable austerity, the Goddess, / the virtuous Satī, awaiting her svayaṃvara, remained filled with joy. // 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_151) idaṃ paṭhedyo hi naraḥ sadaiva bālānubhāvācaraṇaṃ69 hi śambhoḥ . sa dehabhedaṃ samavāpya pūto bhaved gaṇastasya kumāratulyaḥ ..66.. > Whatever man reads this deed of Śambhu's childhood manifestation always, / he, having met the dissolution of his body, purified, will become his gaṇa, equal to Kumāra. // 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_152) iti skandapurāṇe dvādaśodhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the twelfth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_153) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_154) vistṛte himavatpṛṣṭhe vimānaśatasaṃkule . abhavat sa tu kālena śailaputryāḥ svayaṃvaraḥ ..1.. > On the vast back of the Himālaya, crowded with hundreds of aerial chariots, / the svayaṃvara of the Mountain's daughter took place in course of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_155) atha parvatarājosau himavān dhyānakovidaḥ . duhiturdevadevena jñātvā tadabhimantritam ..2.. > Then Himavān, king of mountains, skilled in meditation, / having learned through that counsel that his daughter was sought by the God of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_156) jānannapi mahāśailaḥ samācārakriyepsayā . svayaṃvaraṃ tato devyāḥ sarvalokeṣvaghoṣayat ..3 .. > though knowing \[this\], the great mountain, desiring to follow traditional custom, / proclaimed the svayaṃvara of the goddess throughout all the worlds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_157) devadānavasiddhānāṃ sarvalokanivāsinām . vṛṇuyāt parameśānaṃ samakṣaṃ yena me sutā ..4.. > “So that before gods, dānavas, and siddhas who inhabit all worlds, / my daughter may choose the Supreme Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_158) tadeva2 sukṛtaṃ ślāghyaṃ mamābhyudayasammatam . iti saṃcintya śailendraḥ kṛtvā hṛdi maheśvaram ..5.. > that will be a praiseworthy good deed, approved for my prosperity.” / Thinking thus, the lord of mountains, holding Maheśvara in his heart, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_159) ābrahmakeṣu3 lokeṣu devyāḥ śailendrasattamaḥ . kṛtvā ratnākulaṃ4 deśaṃ svayaṃvaramacīkarat5 ..6.. > making the place strewn with jewels, for the goddess, / throughout worlds reaching up to Brahmā, that best of mountain lords held the svayaṃvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_160) 65 tvayā - gha. . 66 tapo - gha . 67... vamakṣayaṃ - ka., vada - gha. 68 prītimudā yuta -gha . 69 va cava ra ca - dha. . 1 bhaga.. - gha. . 1.. baṃ - gha. . 3 apekṣya lokān - dha. . 8 kṛtvā vatarasvayaṃ - gha. . 5 mathākarot - dha . > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_161) 53 > 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_162) ?? athaivamāghoṣitamātra eva svayaṃvare vyāsa mahīdhraputryāḥ . devādayaḥ sarvajagannivāsāḥ samāyayurdivyagṛhītaveṣāḥ6 ..7. . praphullapadmāsanasanniviṣṭaḥ siddhairvṛto yogibhiraprameyaiḥ7 . > Then, as soon as the svayaṃvara of the Mountain's daughter was thus proclaimed, O Vyāsa, / the gods and other inhabitants of the whole universe arrived, clad in divine attire. / Seated upon an expanded lotus seat, surrounded by siddhas and immeasurable yogins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_163) vijñāpitastena mahīdhrarājā8 pitāmahastatra samājagāma ..8.. > solicited by that king of mountains, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] arrived there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_164) akṣṇāṃ sahasraṃ surarāṭ sa bibhrad divyā9ṅgahārasragudāttarūpaḥ . airāvataṃ sarvagajendramukhyaṃ sravanmadāsārakṛtapravāham ..9.. > Bearing a thousand eyes, the king of gods, noble in appearance with divine gestures and garlands, / \[mounted\] Airāvata, foremost among all lordly elephants, who created a flowing stream of rut-juice; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_165) āruhya sarvāmararāṭ sa vajraṃ bibhratsamāgāt purataḥ surāṇām . tejaḥ pratāpā10 'dhikadivyarūpaḥ11 prodbhāsayan sarvadiśo vivasvān ..8.13.10.. > having mounted him, bearing his thunderbolt, that king of all immortals arrived before the gods. / Vivasvān, divine in form, supreme in fiery brilliance and majesty, illuminating all directions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_166) haimaṃ vimānaṃ sa calatpatāka12 māruhya13 āgāt tvaritaṃ javena . maṇipradīptojjvalakuṇḍalaśca vahnyarkatejaḥpratime vimāne ..11.. > having mounted a golden aerial chariot with fluttering banners, arrived swiftly with great speed. / Wearing brilliant ear-rings blazing with gems, upon an aerial chariot resembling the brilliance of fire and sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_167) samabhyagāt kaśyapaviprasūnurāditya ārād 14 bhaganāmadhārī . pīnāṅgayaṣṭiḥ sukṛtāṅgaḥhārastejobalājñāsadṛśaprabhāvaḥ ..12.. > the son of the sage Kaśyapa, the āditya bearing the name Bhaga, approached near, / his staff-like limbs plump, his movements graceful, endowed with power equal to his brilliance, strength, and command. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_168) daṇḍaṃ samādāya kṛtānta āgādāruhya bhīmaṃ mahiṣaṃ javena . mahāmahīdhrocchraya15 pīnagātraḥ svarṇādiratnā16 citacāruveṣaḥ17 ..13.. > Taking his staff, the End-Maker \[Yama\] arrived swiftly, mounted upon a dreadful buffalo, / his stout body resembling the height of a great mountain, his beautiful attire adorned with gold and other gems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_169) samīraṇaḥ sarvajagadvibharttā vimānamāruhya samabhyagāddhi . santāpayansarvasurāsureśām̐stejodhika18 stejasi sanniviśya19 ..14.. > Mounted upon an aerial chariot, the Wind, sustainer of the whole universe, indeed arrived, / scorching all the lords of gods and asuras, entering into brilliance as one possessing supreme brilliance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_170) vahniḥ samabhyetya surendramadhye jvalan pratasthau varaveṣadhārī . nānāmaṇiprajvalitāṅgayaṣṭirjagaccarandivyavimānamagryam ..15.. > Fire, having arrived in the midst of the gods' lords, stood blazing, dressed in splendid garments, / his staff-like limbs flaming with various jewels; wandering the universe, mounting a supreme divine aerial chariot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_171) āruhya sarvadraviṇādhipeśaḥ sa rājarājastvaritobhyagācca . āpyāyayan sarvasurāsureśān kāntyā ca veṣeṇa20 ca cārurūpaḥ ..16.. jvalanmahāratnavicitrarūpaṃ21 vimānamāruhya śaśī samāgāt . > that king of kings, the lord of all lords of wealth, arrived swiftly, / delighting all lords of gods and asuras with his radiance and dress, handsome in appearance. / Mounting an aerial chariot made diverse with blazing great gems, the Moon arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_172) śyāmāṅgayaṣṭiḥ suvicitraveṣaḥ sarva22 sragābaddhasugandhimālaḥ23 ..17.. > his staff-like limbs dark, his dress most variegated, bound with every fragrant wreath and garland. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_173) 6,. śāḥ - kha gha. . 7... yaḥ - gha. . 8.. .jñā - ka. kha. gha . 9... ndi - ka, ra - ka ra - gha. . 10 prabhāvā - gha. . 11... paṃ - gha. . 12 sapatākadaṇḍa - gha. . 13 ārūḍha - gha . 14... āgād - ka. kha. . 15.?. dhrāśra... - gha- . 16... tno... - gha . 17.. śaḥ - kha . 18.. .pa - gha. . 19... veśya - gha.,... veśaḥ - kha. . 20... tha rūpeṇa - gha . 21. (tri).. .tāṃgaṃ - kha . 22... śītaḥ - dha . 23... sugandhimālyaḥ - gha sugandhamālī - kha. . > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_174) 54 > 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_175) tārkṣyaṃ samāruhya mahīdhrakalpaṃ gadādharosau tvaritaṃ sametaḥ . tathāśvinau devabhiṣagvarau tau24 ekaṃ25 vimānaṃ tvarayābhiruhya ..18.. manoharāvujjvalacāruveṣāvājagmaturdevasadaḥ26 suvīrau . śeṣaḥ sahasraṃ sphuradagnivarṇaṃ bibhrat phaṭānāṃ jvalanārkatejāḥ . .19.. > Mounted upon Tārkṣya, who was like a mountain, that Bearer of the Mace \[Viṣṇu\] arrived swiftly. / Likewise the two Aśvins, those excellent physicians to the gods, mounting a single aerial chariot in haste, / handsome, dressed in brilliant, charming attire, those two heroes came to the assembly of gods. / Śeṣa, possessing the brilliance of a blazing sun, bearing a thousand hoods resembling flashing fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_176) sārdhaṃ sa nāgairaparairmahātmā vimānamāruhya samabhyagācca . diteḥ sutānāṃ ca mahāsurāṇāṃ vahnyarkaśakrānila27 tulyabhāsām ..8.13.20.. > mounted an aerial chariot and approached along with other noble nāgas. / And a host of sons of Diti, great asuras, with a brilliance equal to fire, sun, Śakra, and the wind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_177) varānurūpaṃ pravidhāya veṣaṃ28 vṛndaṃ samāgāt purataḥ surāṇām . gandharvarājaḥ sa ca cārurūpī divyāṅgano divyavimānacārī ..21 .. > having assumed attire suited for a suitor, arrived before the gods. / And the handsome king of gandharvas, accompanied by divine women, travelling in a divine aerial chariot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_178) gandharvasaṃghaiḥ sahitopsarobhiḥ śakrājñayā tatra samājagāma . anye ca devāstridivaukaseśāḥ pṛthak pṛthak cārugṛhītaveṣāḥ ..22.. > came there along with hosts of gandharvas and apsarases, by command of Śakra. / And other gods, lords of the dwellers of heaven, each individually assuming charming attire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_179) ājagmurāruhya vimānapṛṣṭhaṃ gandharvayakṣoragakinnarāśca29 . śacīpatistatra surendrasaṃghe30 rājādhikārādhikalakṣyamūrttiḥ ..23.. > as well as gandharvas, yakṣas, uragas, and kinnaras, arrived, having mounted the decks of aerial chariots. / There, in that throng of lords of gods, Śacī's husband \[Indra\], a figure singularly noticeable by his royal rank, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_180) rājñāṃ balaiśvaryakṛtapramoho vṛthādhikaṃ yatnamupācakāra31 . hetustrilokasya jagatprasūti32 rmātā ca teṣāṃ sasurāsurāṇām ..24.. > deluded by the strength and sovereignty of kings, made a great effort in vain. / For she is the cause of the three worlds, the source of the universe, and the mother of them, both gods and asuras; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_181) patnī ca śaṃbhoḥ puruṣasya dhāmno33 gītā purāṇaiḥ34 prakṛtiḥ parārthā . dakṣasya kopād himavadgṛhaṃ sā kāryārthamāgāt parameśapatnī ..25.. > and she is the wife of Śambhu, the supreme Puruṣa, sung by the Purāṇas as Prakṛti acting for the sake of another; / because of Dakṣa's anger, she, the wife of the Supreme Lord, had come to the abode of Himavān for a purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_182) evaṃ yata35stānna viduḥ sureśā mohastatastānpara āviveśa . varārthamājagmu36 rato vimūḍhā īśena yasmād vṛḍitāḥ37 kṛtāste ..26.. > Because they did not know her thus, extreme delusion entered the lords of the gods; / therefore they came, deluded, as suitors, since they were confounded by the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_183) tataḥ pranṛttābhi38 rathāpsarobhirgandharvasaṃghaiśca sugītaśabdaiḥ . sthitaiśca nānāvidharūpaveṣai39 devāsurāditridivokasaṃghaiḥ40..27.. > Then, while apsarases danced, hosts of gandharvas produced sweet sounds of song, / and hosts of dwellers of heaven—gods, asuras, and others—stood present in forms and dress of diverse kinds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_184) vimānapṛṣṭhe maṇihemacitre sthitā calaccāmarabījitāṅgī . sarvartupuṣpāṃ41 susugandhamālāṃ42 pragṛhya devī43 prasabhaṃ pratasthe44..28.. > standing on the deck of an aerial chariot variegated with jewels and gold, her limbs fanned with waving fly-whisks, / holding a garland of blossoms from every season, wonderfully fragrant, the goddess stepped forward resolutely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_185) 24 tu. - ka. gha. . 25... vaṃ - ka. . 26. sabhā - gha . 27... śani... - gha. . 20 dehaṃ - gha . 29.. kṣoraga - ka . 30... madhye - kha . 31 cacāra - kha. . 32... te - kha. . 33 cāgryā - dha. . 34... ṇe - ka. gha. . 35 svata - kha. . 36 tata samājagmu - ka . 37 kupitāḥ - gha. . 38 pravṛ... - ka. . 31 ro (gī)taiśca nānā vidadhe (vidha) śarāgai - gha . 40 tridiveśa - gha. . 41... ṣyaṃ - gha. . 42.. .lya - gha. . 43 mā (bā ?) lā - kha. . 44... sthau - ka. . > \[…\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_186) 55 > 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_187) sanatkumāra uvāca > Sanatkumāra said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_188) mālāṃ pragṛhya devyāntu sthitāyāṃ devasaṃsadi . śakrādyairāgatairdevaiḥ svayaṃvara upāgataiḥ45 ..29.. > While the goddess stood holding the garland in the assembly of the gods, / when the gods headed by Śakra had arrived, having gathered for the svayaṃvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_189) devyā jijñāsayā śambhurbhūtvā pañcaśikhaḥ śiśuḥ . utsaṅgatalasaṃsupto babhūva sahasā vibhuḥ ..8.13.3 0.. > out of a desire to test the goddess, Śambhu, the all-pervading Lord, became a child with five tufts of hair / and suddenly fell fast asleep in her lap. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_190) akasmādatha taṃ devī śiśuṃ pañcaśikhaṃ sthitam . jñātvā yogasamādhānājjahṛṣe prītisaṃyutā ..3 1.. > Then the goddess, suddenly recognizing that child with five tufts lying there / through yogic absorption, rejoiced, filled with affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_191) atha sā śuddhasaṃkalpā kāṃkṣitaprāptasatphalā . nirvṛteva tadā tasthau kṛtvā hṛdi tameva tu ..32 .. > Then she, of pure resolve, having attained the noble fruit she had desired, / remained as if contented, having held him alone in her heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_192) tato dṛṣṭavā śiśuṃ devā devyā utsaṅgavarttinam . koyamatreti saṃmantrya cukrudhu46 rbhṛśamarditāḥ ..33.. > Then, seeing the child resting in the goddess's lap, / the gods conferred, saying, "Who is this here?" and became exceedingly afflicted and enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_193) vajramākā47 rayattasya bāhumutkṣipya vṛtrahā . sa bāhurutthita48stasya tathaiva samatiṣṭhana ..34.. > The slayer of Vṛtra raised his arm and summoned his thunderbolt against him; / that arm of his remained lifted up, frozen just like that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_194) stambhitaḥ śiśurūpeṇa devadevena śambhunā . vajraṃ kṣeptuṃ no49 śaśāka bāhuñcālayituṃ na ca ..35.. > Paralyzed by Śambhu, the god of gods in the form of a child, / he was unable to throw the thunderbolt, nor could he move his arm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.2.75\_195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.2.75_195) bhago nāma tato deva ādityaḥ kāśyapo balī . utkṣipya muśalaṃ dīptaṃ kṣeptumaicchadvimohitaḥ ..36.. > Then the powerful god, the Āditya born of Kaśyapa named Bhaga, / bewildered, raised a blazing club and wished to throw it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 677 passages. 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